Glass washer



I. L. FOLLETT GLASS WASHER Jill 28, 1936.

Filed Nov. 50; 1935 INVENTOR. EM 7 .5. f'ojleit.

BY Manna.

Patented July 28, 1936 PATENT OFFICE GLASS WASHER Ivan L. Follett,Washington, D. C.

'Application November 30, 1935, Serial No. 52,416

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a new article of manufacture capable ofbeing employed for the washing and cleansing of chinaware, culinaryarticles and particularly to glassware such as drinking glasses,tumblersand the like.

In the washing of such articles, it is first preferable that they besubjected to a scouring action to remove the grease or other extraneousfilms upon the faces thereof and then allow the articles to remain for ashort period of time in a rinsing bath containing a chlorine solutionand the invention has amongst its principal objects to provide aportable unitary device or article of manufacture which may be readilyinserted within a sink, tank or other receptacle containing waterwhereby the washing and cleansing of the articles may be efiectedpreparatory to the placing of the articles in a suitable rinsing bathwhere the articles may be sterilized and one which may be readilyremoved from the sink or other receptacle in order that the latter maybe used for other purposes and full access/gained thereto when cleansingthe same.

To properly clean drinking glasses, it is necessary that the brushes ormops be applied to the opposed faces of the glass and therefore, it is afurther object of the present invention to provide a holder for washersof the aforesaid character whereby the cleaning brushes will be readilyaccessible for use and retained in the proper spaced relation in orderthata minimum number of brushes may be used and yet so positioned thatthey will, when the articles or glasses applied thereto, contact withthe opposed faces thereof for removing the films of extraneous matterstherefrom.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a portable device ofthe aforesaid-character having vacuum cups or similar retaining meansapplied thereto whereby the washer may be readily placed in a sink orother receptacle and retained in the position so placed whether thebottom of the receptacle has a smooth, even or irregular surface.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide anadjustable connection between the brushes and the holders thereforwhereby the height or length of the brushes may be adjusted toaccommodate glasses of various sizes or be submerged within sinks orother receptacles having varying depths.

Other objects of the inventionwill be in part obvious and in partpointed out hereinafter.

In order that the invention and its mode of operation may be readilyunderstood by persons skilled in the art, I have in the accompanyingillustrativedrawing and in the detailed following description basedthereupon, set out an embodiment of the same.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the washer embodying the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a partial section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 in thedirection of the arrow 10 points to illustrate the construction of thesockets but showing several of the brushes and their stems in elevation.

Figure 4 is a detailed sectional view illustrating a slightly modifiedform of the invention, and

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the base.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing wherein likeand corresponding parts are designated by similar reference charactersthroughout the several views, I have herein shown a portable washercomprising a base I which may be molded from aluminum, hard rubber, orsimilar light weight materials. Molded with the upper face of this baseI are a plurality of sockets, one of which indicated by the numeral 2 iscentrally arranged and the remaining sockets 3 being positioned adjacentthe outer extremities of the radially extending arms 4 of the ,base. Theupper ends of these sockets 2 and 3 are opened for the reception of thestems 4 carrying the brushes. The brushes each consist of a cylindricalbody portion 5 and an end tuft 6. Each socket 2 or 3 has a suitablesecuring means such as a screw I mounted therein which is capable ofengaging the stem for locking the same within the socket.

The lower face of the base I is preferably fiat and has threadedrecesses 8 formed therein adjacent the outer ends of the arms 4 andthese recesses are adapted to receive the corresponding threaded bolts 9carried by the vacuum or suction cups i0.

From the slightly modified form of the invention as is disclosed inFigure 4 of the drawing, I have shown a detachable connection betweenone of the stems 4 of the brushes and its receiving and retainingsocket. In this form of the invention a brass ferrule H is fitted aboutthe lower end of this stem having a plurality of openings i2 arrangedtherein. Each socket I3 is opened at its opposite ends and has a wingedscrew or bolt l4 mounted therein which is capable of having its innerend seated within one of the openings l2 formed within the ferrule II.From this construction, it is quite ob- 'blers.

vious that the stems and the brushes carried thereby may be raised andlowered within their respective sockets and retained in such adjustedposition by means of the winged screws It.

The several vacuum cups III are preferably arranged adjacent the outerextremities of the arms I so that the brushes will be positioned uponthe base within the vacuum cups in order that should pressure be appliedto any one of the brushes, the vacuum cups will be caused to effect agripping engagement with the bottom of the container in which thewasheris installed. By so spacing the cups l0, it will be possible to mountupon and cause locking engagement with the bottom of containers havingeither a smooth even surface or an irregular surface.

The washer should be placed ina sink or other container and, watersupplied thereto within one inch from the top of the brushes, but theheight of the brushes may be adjusted to accommodate sinks or containershaving varying depths due to the adjustable connection between the stemsof the brushes and'the sockets as is better illus trated in Figure 4 ofthe drawing.

The brushes are also designed to accommodate drinking glasses ofdifierent diameters and length and therefore may be used for cleaningany drinking glassi'rom a wine glass to large tum- In cleaning a glassthe same is inserted overthe centrally "arranged brush; and, by givingthe same a slight oscillatory movement, the bristles from all brusheswill engage the oppoite faces of the glass and thereby remove any filmcontained thereupon. By the inter-engage- -ment of the outer ends of thebristles of the cylindrical body portions of the brushes, it is possibleto clean the opposite faces of glasses or other articles moved betweenthe brushes whether the thickness of the articles be that of an ordinarydrinking glass or chinaware and culinary articles.

By tilting the base l, the suction between the cups l0 and the bottom ofthe container in which the washer is applied will be, broken whereuponthe washer may be withdrawn from the container or placed at otherpositions therein. From the construction herein set forth, it is quiteapparent that this washer may be placed within the average sink and thatthe height of, the brushes may be adjusted according to the depth of thesink to which the washer is applied and when it is once placed within asink it may be retained or locked therein but such locking engagementmay be easily and readily broken, whereby the complete device may beremoved from the sink and the latter used for other purposes or accessgained thereto for cleaning pur- DOSES.

Manifestly, the construction herein shown is capable of considerablemodification and such modifications as come within the scope of myclaims, I consider within the spirit of my invention.

- I claim:

1. A portable washer comprising a base consistingof'a central socket, aplurality of arms formed with and radially extending from said centralsocket, a socket formed with the upper facev of each arm and arrangedadjacent the outer extremities thereof, brushes each having a projectingstem removably seated within said sockets whereby said brushes .willbesupported in a vertical position upon said base and the bristles of thebrushes carried by the sockets formed with said arms will overlap the,bristles of the brush carried by said central socket, a vacuum cupdetachably secured to the lower face of each arm and said vacuum cupsbeing positioned adjacent the outer'extremitiesof said arms at pointsbeyond those at whichsaid outer sockets are formed.

2. A glass washer capable of being removably supported within a sink orother container comprising in combination a base having a fiat lowerface, a plurality of individually arranged sockets formed with the upperface of said base, a central brush, a plurality of brushes arrangedconcentrically about said central brush whereby the outer extremities oftheir bristles will have engagement with the outer extremities of thebristles of said central brush, vacuum cups secured to and projectingfrom the lower fiat face of said base for retaining the latter in spacedrelation to the bottom of the sink or other container when supportedtherein, said sockets and base having aligning openings extendingtherethrough, a stem for each brush, said stems being slidably supportedwithin the openings extending through said sockets and base and meansmounted within each socket for engagement with said stems whereby thebrushes may be retained in their several adjusted positions.

3. A portable glass washer comprising a base consisting of a pluralityof radially extending arms, a socket formed with and extending from theupper face of each arm, brushes each having a projecting stem removablyseated within said sockets, a vacuum cup for each arm, means forsecuring said vacuum cups to the lower faces and adjacent the outer endsof said arms at points beyond those at which said sockets are arrangedwhereby the vertical axis of the stems of said brushes will bepositioned at points within those at which said vacuum cups are securedto said arms.

IVAN L. FOLLETT.

